HCC §1-5

How to read references and resolve conflicts in the County Code

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This section explains how to read the County Code. It says that when the Code mentions a chapter, article, division, subdivision, or section, it means one in the Hawaii County Code unless it says otherwise. If different chapters conflict, each chapter's rules apply to its own topic. If sections within the same chapter conflict, the one passed later wins, unless that would go against the chapter's meaning.

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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Reference to chapters, articles, divisions, subdivisions, and

A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Hawaiʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

sections; conflicting provisions. (a) In addition to the rules of construction specified in section 1-2, the following rules shall be observed in the construction of the provisions of this Code: (1) All references to chapters, articles, divisions, subdivisions, and sections are to the chapters, articles, divisions, subdivisions, and sections of the Hawai‘i County Code unless otherwise specified; (2) If the provisions of different chapters of this Code conflict with or contravene each other, the provisions of each chapter shall prevail as to all matters and questions growing out of the subject matter of that chapter; and (3) If conflicting provisions are found in different sections of the same chapter, the provisions of the section which was enacted later in time prevail unless such construction is inconsistent with the meaning of that chapter. 1-5

Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗as published Jul 16, 2026our copy taken Aug 21, 2026

Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.

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